Best speaker a wife would tolerate

The only speakers I've owned that women have liked are my audio physic virgo speakers. Those have decent bass. I get the opposite reaction on most of my other speakers. Joseph, Herron, and smaller Dynaudios are also fairly small and well finished.

Check into british monitors such as linn and mordant-short for speakers that you can put on bookshelves or near the wall.

A good floor standing bass speaker designed to be put right against the wall is the NHT 3.3 and 2.9. A long shot. I don't think they look that great, but they would be fairly unobtrusive if placed on either side of a big TV. Great bass.

I had a set of Verity Fidelios home and my wife was happy with them. They sound very good to boot. The Verity Parsifals are only slightly larger. Check others threads with Verity so you see what other people think about the speaker.

Hope this helps

My wife made me upgrade from Dunlavy IV/a to the V's. More bass and dynamics.

I used the country of origin to sell my wife on new speakers. I now own a new pair of Reynaud speakers which are designed and manufactured in France. They look OK as well and she does enjoy the smooth HF's. I was almost set to go with more gear from France from the Kora line but switched coutries and picked up an Audion amplifier from England. My wife lived in London in the 70's and spent time in France as well. We also collect various European advertising pieces mostly from France. This has worked for me so far. Next stop will probably be one of the Scandinavian countries.